Abstract
Congruently grown LiNbO 3 single crystals show both a high oxygen and lithium ionic conductivity at temperatures above 500°C. The high oxygen ionic conductivity can be understood in terms of a certain amount of oxygen vacancies already present in congruently as-grown LiNbO 3 single crystals. The electrocoloration phenomenon in LiNbO 3 single crystals is due to a process where lithium ions and electrons are injected by a double charge mechanism into LiNbO 3. Optical and electrical properties of electrocolored LiNbO 3 crystals were investigated. The motion of stoichiometric domains (regions with different stoichiometry) through a LiNbO 3 crystal from one electrode to the other is studied and described in terms of electrodiffusion of the ions and electrons.
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